Category Archives: Health

Newcastle North MP, Catherine McKinnell, has slammed the Government’s attitude to investing in public health in the North East, following recent analysis by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Northern Region, which confirms that our region is receiving far lower public health funding per person than other, much more affluent areas in the South East Continue Reading...

Catherine McKinnell, MP for Newcastle North, has pledged her support to Action on Stroke Month which starts today, 1st May. Action on Stroke Month helps to raise awareness of stroke and lets stroke survivors and families know that support is available, with over 150 awareness, information and fundraising events taking place across the UK during May. Continue Reading...

Newcastle North MP, Catherine McKinnell, has called on the Coalition to stop prevaricating and finally commit to introducing plain – or ‘standardised’ – packaging for cigarettes, in the light of shocking new figures on children taking up the habit. At a joint meeting this week of the All Party Parliamentary Groups on Smoking and Health Continue Reading...

Newcastle North MP, Catherine McKinnell, has criticised the Government in the Commons today for further delaying a decision on the availability of the drug, Eculizumab, for the treatment of atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome, or aHUS, and has requested a meeting, alongside Newcastle Central MP Chi Onwurah to discuss the issue. Catherine has been contacted by Continue Reading...

Members of a Slimming World group have turned their lost pounds into profit by getting sponsored to slim down in aid of St Oswald’s Hospice. The groups, which meet at St Hugh’s Church in Gosforth, raised over £700 for the Hospice.  The group celebrated their fundraising achievement at the opening of a new Slimming World Continue Reading...